A star-studded funeral for actor James Gandolfini will take place in one of New York City's largest churches today.

The ceremony at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine is planned for 10 a.m local time.

It comes after a private wake for the former star of The Sopranos on Wednesday in New Jersey.

The 51-year-old actor died of a heart attack last week while vacationing in Italy with his son.

The ceremony will include a film tribute produced and filmed by HBO for the actor’s family, the New York Post reported.

His two loves: James Gandolfini's widow Deborah Lin and his ex-wife Marcy Wudarski are devastated as they arrive at a wake in New Jersey for the late actor

Sad occasion: Friends and family gather to remember the late Sopranos star at this intimate wake

Sad occasion: James Galdofini's 8-month-old daughter Liliana Ruth Gandolfini is carried in to the wake

Terrible day: Gandolfini's first wife Marcy endured a turbulent split from the star but they bonded over their 13-year-old son

Somber: Leta Gandolfini, sister of James Gandolfini's arrives at the funeral home with other family members

HBO crew members have been mapping
out the scene at The Church of Saint John the Divine Cathedral since
Monday to shoot a video of the 'Sopranos' cast at the actor’s final
curtain call.

Cameramen will be posted around the
massive cathedral on Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street, but the footage
will not be aired. It will be a private gift to the family from the
network, sources say.

'HBO is running the show,' a source said. 'They’re paying for everything.
'They originally wanted the cast members to file in through the front
door, but it would have created [chaos], so now they’re going to escort
them to private property and they’re going to walk in through the side.'

Both Gandolfini 's widow Deborah Lin and his first wife Marcy Wudarski were among the mourners at Wednesday's wake.

A chance to say goodbye: This wake precurses the big funeral

Community: The Jersey boy was supported by his peers

Difficult time: Friends and family looked devastated as they arrived yesterday afternoon

It was invitation-only wake and held at the Robert Spearing Funeral Home in Park Ridge, near Westwood
where the 51-year-old grew up.

Meanwhile,
Broadway theatres in New York City dimmed their marquee lights on
Wednesday night in memory of the late Soprano star, who earned a Tony Award
nomination in 2009 for his role in the award-winning God of Carnage.

Meanwhile, Gandolfini's former Sopranos costar Lillo Brancato Jr. spoke about his shock at the actor's passing.

Brancato
is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence at Hudson Correctional
Facility in New York for his role in a robbery that left a police
officer dead.

'I couldn’t believe my ears,' Brancato told The New York Daily News. 'I thought it was a mistake.'

Respect: The flag hung at half mast for the popular star

Gandolfini and Wudarski divorced in
December 2002, and their 13-year-old son Michael allegedly found his
father's body after he died.

Wudarski and Gandolfini endured a
turbulent separation and divorce but are thought to have grown closer
over shared custody of their boy during recent years.

On August 30, 2008, after two years of dating, Gandolfini married former model Lin in her hometown of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Their baby daughter Liliana Ruth Gandolfini, was born in October 2012 in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile,
in Barcelona, the first showing of Gandolfini's work in crime-drama
Animal Rescue was greeted with a reverential silence and respectful
applause.

Unusual sight: The usually brightly lit Broadway strip appeared solemn and quiet

Paying tribute: Broadway theatres dimmed their marquee lights on Wednesday in honour of the late Sopranos star

A top
Searchlight executive introducing Animal Rescue tells international
theater owners, 'we are all very deeply saddened and feel very honoured
to have worked with him.'

Animal Rescue is the last film the actor shot before his death on June 19 in Italy.

Gandolfini, who plays a bar owner in the crime drama, stars with Tom Hardy and Noomi Repace.

'We were all very deeply saddened and
feel very honoured to have worked with him. This was the last film he
shot,' Fox Searchlight International executive vice president of
marketing Rebecca Kearey said.

Hardy plays the lead character in Animal Rescue, written by Dennis Lehane.

The film tells the story of a bartender who gets mixed up with the Chechen mob, a release date has not yet been set.

Spotlight: Reporters set up outside the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine for the funeral service for James Gandolfini

Sorely missed: James with his wife (far right), son Michael and a friend (far left) in Italy before he died